On Sat, Aug 02, 2014 at 01:39:17PM -0400, Jan Harkes wrote: > If you'd looked further then you might have noticed that the server looks up > first by name and then does a strtol or something and checks for the volume > by number.
Jan, I am well aware that volume numbers _are_ being used as the primary means of referring to a volume. I just want to get rid of the volume names _also_ being used and looked up as an integral part of file access operations. Such usage requires the presence of a corresponding reliable "volume names to volume numerical ids mapping" service. This service can be otherwise dropped, without losing any functionality. Mapping between the numerical volume ids and the human-oriented volume comments can be done at mountpoint creation/management time by separate means (those means not being necessary for the regular file service). As an example, in a very small installation even a _paper_ sheet with "ToMountOn volume# home personal areas 1 home/bob my home dir 2 home/alice wife home dir 6 mail mailboxes 4 mail/bob my mail 5 ..." could be sufficient. :) I do not mind implementing better tools than a paper sheet, but it is important to implement them separately. (why? because separation of functionalities and of the corresponding code yields simplification, clarity and flexibility) Regards, Rune
